Saturday, February 14, 2009

2 Essential Food Repairs for Fast Weight Loss!

By Frances Norah Smith

You may be questioning: "what are food repairs for?" Well, as a matter of fact, most of the diet plans out there have certain common loopholes, and these food repairs are means to amend those loopholes. These loopholes, if not amended, would hold back the process of losing weight. Instead they might actually increase your body weight!

Many of the fad diet plans out there are either lacking or imperfect. If we follow these diets "as is", then we are without a doubt going in the wrong direction. For example, most diets would advice you to decrease a high percentage of your food intake. If do that, you will gain weight instead of losing it! As a result, you suffer from malnutrition and lack of energy! Studies have pointed out that women who eat 400 calories less than their stipulated calorie requirements have a tendency to suffer from abdominal obesity. As a result, they acquire fat bellies!

These food repairs will help you achieve your weight loss goals faster than expected!

1. Concentrate on protein rather than carbs: While carbs are an important ingredient of any healthy meal plan, what you should concentrate on is protein, in particular when you are trying to lose weight. Unlike carbs which give you short, sudden bursts of energy that last only for a short while, protein will keep you energetic for a longer time. With carbs, your body will gain more fat than energy; with protein, it is just the opposite.

Protein also helps you build strong lean muscle mass. Since lean muscles need a lot of energy to be maintained, your body has to burn your existing fat deposits in order to produce the extra energy. So that is another way protein can help you with weight loss!

2. Breakfast skipping is not the way to go: Breakfast skipping is something most of the obese people do; they tend to think that they will lose weight if they don't eat breakfast. Wrong! Actually, the opposite happens. When you don't eat breakfast, you are sending a signal to your body that there is a famine out there, and that to combat it, your body needs to store energy in the form of fat deposits.

When you starve, your body slows down your metabolism and stores fat instead of burning it! As you can see, skipping breakfast will have an adverse effect on your body.

Breakfast is there for a reason: to "break the fast"; that is, to give your body with the first surge of energy. When your body gets sufficient food, it creates lots of energy and your metabolic rate is automatically increased. You will start losing weight as a result. - 15438

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